Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] did [pers pn] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person they sought had disappeared into thin air ; it was only then did they puzzle and wonder if the dusk had conned them into imagining that they could be mistaken . |
| 2 | Only then did he turn and look at DeVore , inclining his head slightly . |
| 3 | They sure looked smart , he thought , and from that moment he began to cultivate the straight , dignified bearing which was to be his hallmark in later life ; only occasionally did he forget and relapse into his old North American droop . |
| 4 | Not only did he build and restore churches and monasteries , but also he repaired the city walls ; he corresponded with Caesarius of Clermont about laying underground water-pipes , and he was responsible for severing road-communications with the south to prevent the spread of plague . |
| 5 | In 1785 alone , not only did he survey and engrave the series of charts mentioned above , but he also found time to make a series of estate plans for Patrick Kerr of Abbotrule ( which Kerr failed to pay for ) , to survey a line for a canal from the Forth to the Clyde for Robert Whitworth , and to engrave several plans for the court of session in Edinburgh . |
| 6 | Oh yes not too far away so did you go and see him often ? |
| 7 | well why did she come and live down here in the first place ? |